With Allstate’s RCV policy (not ACV), they estimated the rebuild cost at ~$1.3M.

While the taxes on the listing may seem reasonable if it turns out they’re 300% more than they were two years ago just because the community has increased its spending this is a trend that will quickly make your cash flow evaporate.

The people who actually have an incentive to ensure you make it to the closing table are all telling you 5% down conventional, maybe there's a reason for it.

Which increases paperwork & costs for little benefit - if any.4) You'll need an entity in the US.You need to discuss all this with a qualified tax professional or attorney.- For our clients, we provide consultations with a tax attorney that handles over 300 foreigners legal & tax needs.

Maybe it’s just gut feel, but for some reason It FEELS like these two scenarios will provide excellent opportunities moving forward, while fishing for notes to purchase at significant discounts to current principal enough to yield sufficient returns doesn’t seem as promising.  

If the credit screening costs $25, then you earn nothing.I believe there are exceptions for a higher fee, but you have to stick to the actual cost of the screening.I would talk to an attorney before charging more than $25 per applicant.

Having an experienced GC build their first deal or two of their own is, for reasons that sometimes don't make sense, get push-back.

This way you have a free or mostly free refinance from a cost perspective. 

Every project needs a quote and you should be able to estimate the material costs.

Despite higher interest rate environment, there's reasonable probability inflation will still continue - thus increase hard asset valuation.